At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.
Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.
Your Impact
You are a Staff Software Engineer with experience building large-scale software applications and distributed systems. In this role, you will help shape the technical direction for DEMS, a mission-critical product area where reliability, security, and usability matter deeply. You will collaborate with other senior and staff engineers, engineering managers, product managers, and designers to solve complex customer problems and build durable systems that scale.
Your strong system design skills allow you to take a holistic view of architecture, reliability, and developer productivity. You raise the bar not just through your own contributions, but by reviewing designs, mentoring engineers, improving technical decision-making, and helping teams align around pragmatic, high-quality solutions.
As a senior technical contributor, you are energized by solving hard problems, reducing ambiguity, and building systems that perform under real-world demands. As a technical leader, you partner with engineering leadership on long-term technical strategy while balancing business priorities, roadmap commitments, and engineering health.
Come work in an environment where your experience, judgment, and technical leadership will directly contribute to products that help deliver better outcomes in public safety.
What You'll Do
Work Location: This role is based out of our London office and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.
- Set a high technical bar through architecture leadership, deep technical insight, and thoughtful design reviews.
- Drive technical direction across one or more DEMS domains, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, and resilient.
- Partner across Engineering, Product, Design, and adjacent teams to solve some of the most important and ambiguous technical challenges in the DEMS space.
- Lead the design and evolution of backend services, APIs, data flows, and system integrations that support mission-critical workflows.
- Identify systemic risks and opportunities, and drive improvements in reliability, observability, performance, and operational excellence.
- Mentor engineers across teams and help grow future technical leaders.
- Improve engineering effectiveness by introducing better patterns, simplifying complexity, and supporting high-quality execution.
- Contribute directly to implementation where needed, especially in high-leverage or high-risk areas.
What You Bring
- 15+ years of software engineering experience.
- Experience building and scaling complex software products in a collaborative team environment.
- Deep expertise in backend systems and distributed system design.
- Strong experience with cloud platforms and production service operations.
- Experience driving technical solutions across multiple teams or broad product areas.
- Strong understanding of system design, reliability, performance, observability, and security.
- Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
- Track record of writing clean, maintainable, production-grade code.
- Proven ability to influence technical direction and organizational outcomes without relying on formal authority.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Highly Valued
- Experience in enterprise SaaS, mission-critical systems, compliance-sensitive domains, or workflow-heavy platforms.
- Experience with evidence management, records systems, chain-of-custody concepts, or highly trusted data systems.
- Experience supporting hybrid, on-prem, or cloud-connected product architectures.
- Familiarity with languages and platforms commonly used in modern backend environments such as Java, Go, C#, Python, or similar.
Benefits that benefit you
- Competitive base salary and RSUs
- Comprehensive pension plan with matching contribution
- Private health insurance & cash plans
- 30 days paid holiday + UK public holidays
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
- GymPass subscription
- Life assurance & income protection
- Career growth support and wellness resources
Don’t meet every single requirement? That's ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If you’re excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed here, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Important Notes
The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.
Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.
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Axon’s mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axon’s impact on the environment. All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental, health, and safety regulations, policies, and procedures. Axon employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment.
We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes justice, advances equity, values diversity and fosters inclusion. We’re committed to hiring the best talent — regardless of race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances — and empowering all of our employees so they can do their best work. If you have a disability or special need that requires assistance or accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [email protected]. Please note that this email address is for accommodation purposes only. Axon will not respond to inquiries for other purposes.
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Skills Required
- 15+ years of software engineering experience.
- Experience building and scaling complex software products in a collaborative team environment.
- Deep expertise in backend systems and distributed system design.
- Strong experience with cloud platforms and production service operations.
- Experience driving technical solutions across multiple teams or broad product areas.
- Strong understanding of system design, reliability, performance, observability, and security.
- Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
- Track record of writing clean, maintainable, production-grade code.
- Proven ability to influence technical direction and organizational outcomes without relying on formal authority.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Based out of London office with hybrid schedule (onsite Tuesdays through Fridays).
- Experience in enterprise SaaS, mission-critical systems, compliance-sensitive domains, or workflow-heavy platforms.
- Experience with evidence management, records systems, chain-of-custody concepts, or highly trusted data systems.
- Experience supporting hybrid, on-prem, or cloud-connected product architectures.
- Familiarity with backend languages such as Java, Go, C#, or Python.
Axon Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Axon and has not been reviewed or approved by Axon.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with employer HSA contributions and 24/7 mental-health support. Wellness programs and fitness options further enhance the package.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Total rewards commonly include stock grants and an employee stock purchase plan alongside base pay and bonuses. Equity is highlighted as a motivating component of compensation.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is offered, including a standard period with additional supplemental pregnancy leave. Family-focused policies are positioned as a meaningful part of the overall benefits.
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What We Do
Our mission is to protect life by making the bullet obsolete and developing technologies to make the world a safer place. Axon is a software & hardware team of product experts, security pros, engineering wizards, sales & marketing pros, and technology buffs - all committed to helping make the world a safer place.
Why Work With Us
Axon innovations exist to bridge the divide between communities and law enforcement. Our team works to solve big societal issues by providing public safety with the tools to help decrease use-of-force and increase transparency and accountability. Big goals mean we need high-performance teams, independent thinking, and cross-functional excellence.
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